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The Georgetown City Council may be inching closer towards the implementation of the parking meter deal following several amendments to the contract and the majority of the Council now being in favour of the contract with the Smart City Solutions company. At a City Council meeting on Wednesday on the issue, 17 out of the 20 […]
Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, believes that there should be “on-going checks” of private security services to ensure that the companies are in conformity with the regulations that govern the sector. The Ministry of Public Security through the Commissioner of the Guyana Police Force is responsible for regularising the private security sector, and issuing […]
Four young Guyanese who are involved in small businesses of their own have been selected to be part of President Obama’s 2016 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellows Programme. The programme will bring together 250 young leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean, including the four from Guyana, to the United States for an exchange […]
(WSJ) BRASÍLIA— Dilma Rousseff, a former leftist guerrilla who defied a dictatorship but struggled as Brazil’s president amid a troubled economy and a fractious political climate, was removed from office Wednesday following an impeachment trial she condemned as a coup d’état. Far from ending Brazil’s monthslong political crisis, Ms. Rousseff’s ouster leaves the country’s new […]
The Commission of Inquiry examining the state of veterans in Guyana, opened on Wednesday morning with retired Colonel of the Guyana Defence Force, Lelon Saul, issuing a call for the military to honour more of its veterans while preparing them for life after retirement. During his hour long appearance before the Commission, Col. Saul highlighted […]
A 26-year-old policeman from Stone Avenue, Campbellville was on Tuesday charged and remanded to prison on a causing death by dangerous driving offense. The policeman, Timothy Horatio, who who remains employed by the Guyana Police Force, was driving a minibus along Regent Street on Sunday evening during his off duty time, when he lost control […]
The mother of a 15-year-old Guyanese born, U.S resident who was held at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport last Friday with cocaine in the handles of his suitcases, was on Tuesday charged for drug trafficking and remanded to prison. Forty one-year-old Colda Towler was charged along with a male relative, 20-year-old Ian Griffith. They both […]
–by Kurt Campbell– US Oil company, Exxon Mobil, which has confirmed significant oil discovery offshore Guyana, is advising that actual oil production will not begin for another five years. The Country Manager and a team from Exxon Mobil engaged members of the media on Tuesday and advised that first barrel of oil could be produced in 2020. […]
(GINA) The Ministry of Public Security is building the capacity of the forensic laboratory so that in the long run, the facility can provide DNA and gun residue testing which are internationally recognised. This capacity training is being developed through the Ministry’s Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP). In a recent interview with the Government Information […]
A total of $17.9 million will be paid to the Hugh Wooding Law School following a decision by the National Assembly to cover 25% of the economic cost of the fees to be paid by Guyanese law students. Attorney General Basil Williams made the disclosure on Tuesday and said the money is being paid even […]
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